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Here is a list of topics covered in this newsletter:
 Please come join my office, Minneapolis Public Schools, and Longfellow Community Council to discuss the next steps on Cooper Playground and get updates on the future of the Cooper School Site.
Tuesday, March 18, 5:30-6:30pm at Bethlehem Church, 3141 43rd Ave S.
 Join me for Community Office Hours this upcoming Friday, March 21 from 9AM-10:30AM at Cafe Ceres 4605 Minnehaha Ave
 March 22nd from 2:30-4pm at Longfellow Recreation Center, 3435 36th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
Come to learn about the effort to Rename Edmund Boulevard, learn the City process, meet with neighbors who are a part of the Reclaiming Edmund effort, and weigh in on what the future name should be.
For the last year, I have been attending meetings with Reclaiming Edmund, a community-led coalition that has been working to connect with their neighbors to educate them on the namesake of Edmund Boulevard.
The namesake, Edmund G. Walton (1865-1919) became the first developer in the area to apply racially restrictive covenants to the properties he sold, which introduced racial covenants as the legal way of segregating Minneapolis. I support the renaming of Edmund Boulevard and have been glad to connect with many Edmund Boulevard residents about it.
The neighborhood coalition feels strongly that the name of Edmund Boulevard should be changed and has done incredible outreach and engagement among their neighbors and community members, and I am honored to assist them in their work of completing an application to officially rename Edmund Boulevard.
The coalition's primary focus over the last 9 months has been collecting name suggestions from community, and forming a steering coalition of neighbors to sort through the suggestions and narrow down the options. As the coalition approaches the end of their years-long engagement, I am assisting them in gathering community feedback on the selection of a new street name. Will you take 5 minutes to fill out a community feedback survey? You can scan the QR code here, or use the following link to take the survey and help select a new name: https://forms.gle/HQ3b9paCxqAVT8vdA
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I had a wonderful time connecting with many of you at Rick's Coffee! I especially enjoyed our singing Valentine, it was a welcome and heart-warming surprise! |
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